Contemporary Radical Prostatectomy

Table 5

Recovery of erectile function rates following RRP, RPP, and RALP.

Author	Type	no. of patients	Criteria	Erectile function (%)
				3 months	12 months	24 months
Weldon et al. (1997) [44]	RPP	220	Intercourse	NA	50	70
Roumeguere et al. (2003) [98]	RRP	51	Intercourse	33.3	54.5	NA
Graefen et al. (2006) [101]	RRP	1755	Intercourse	NA	56	NA
Martis et al. (2007) [102]	RRP	100	Intercourse	NA	60	NA
	RPP	100	Intercourse	NA	40	NA
Zorn et al. (2007) [61]	RALP	161	Intercourse	53	80	82

RRP: Radical retropubic prostatectomy; RPP: Radical perineal prostatectomy; RALP: Robotic-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy; NA: Not applicable.